Late Medieval maiolica two-handled bowl, painted in manganese and green in the middle with a four-petalled flower.Pale yellowish-buff earthenware. Tin-glazed greyish-ivory inside; lead-glazed pale greenish-brown on the exterior. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Approximately Shape 33. Circular with flat rim which has warped, curved sides, narrow disk base, and two strap handles.
In the middle, within two concentric manganese circles, there is a four-petalled flower with green crossed pointed petals in the centre, and cross-hatching in the spaces; on the sides, a green band.

Signor Avvocato Marcioni or Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli; Sotheby's, 16-17 February 1914, Catalogue of the collections of early Italian pottery formed by Signor Avvocato Marcioni and Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli of Orvieto, part of lot 129. Purchased from Kerin, London, on 9 December 1933 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.